Five Ways to Kill Your Classical “Christian” School
If you are looking to fail within your classical model, here are five ways to be sure that you will drive your school into the ground. 5. Use your “Christian” school as a means of evangelism. 4. Place...
View ArticleWhy Use Collaborative Activities in the Online Classroom?
Additionally, collaboration allows students to: Think deeply and clarify their own thinking on various topics and ideas Explore other points of view Develop teamwork skills that are valuable in the...
View ArticleBefore Entering Seminary Studies
There are several areas I wish I would have considered before entering seminary. I will focus on five things that are of chief importance for anyone considering seminary studies. One thing that I have...
View ArticleEssential Tools Essential for Seminary Studies
Before entering seminary there are several tools that a perspective student should become familiar with and learn how to use before ever taking a class. I dare say (to the traditionalist) that a lap...
View ArticleReasons to Consider a Seminary Education
When one considers seminary education there are several factors that should influence the perspective student’s decision making. First and foremost, any person considering seminary education should...
View ArticleWhy Historical Theology Matters in a Seminary Curriculum
Just why is theological history important, because the study of history provides a classic mode of learning. Examinations of primary and secondary sources help students to think about their subject...
View ArticleBack to School, and Back to Letting Go
Four quick suggestions for parents with children in education, or parents in education. I presently teach at three different institutions: 7th, 8th, and 9th graders at a classical tutorial, 20-22 year...
View ArticleFrancis Schaeffer on True Education
In the distant past, it took so long for cultural concepts to spread that by the time they had reached other areas they had sometimes already changed at their place of origin. But today the world is...
View ArticleI Now Need Formal Theological Education
Many by now have heard of Joshua Harris’s Sunday Remarks at Covenant Life Church yesterday, “My big news is that later this spring I’m going to step down from my role as lead pastor so that I can go to...
View ArticleConsider Discipline Before Disciplining
For those who teach pre-K through 12, the act of discipline is something teachers deal with weekly, if not at times daily in a classroom. In today’s culture, the role of the parent has either been...
View ArticleThe Liturgical Classroom and Virtue Formation
In this presentation “The Liturgical Classroom and Virtue Formation” Jenny Rallens of the Ambrose School (Boise, ID), describes the ways in which educators can employ traditions, practices and routines...
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